Brad Cummings | Shutdown hurts GOP, but Kentucky's senators shine

5:59 PM,
Oct. 22, 2013

Brad Cummings

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Brad Cummings
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There's no way to sugar coat this last few weeks for Republicans on the national stage. The strategy of shutting down our government to defund or delay Obamacare failed and dropped the GOP to historically low approval ratings.

With control over only one-third of the elected federal government, I'm still unsure what those supporting the defund/delay strategy believed would result from their entrenchment. Even in the unlikely event some Democrats were persuaded to vote against a sitting Democratic president's signature legislation, there would never be enough votes to overcome a ...